The alarming record Jack Wilshere has starting games for West Ham after latest defeat

Jack Wilshere with his man of the match award against Newport (Image: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

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Wednesday night saw Jack Wilshere start a match for West Ham for just the eighth time since joining the club on a free transfer in the summer of 2017.

Wilshere was handed a three-year contract by Manuel Pellegrini, who overruled the Hammers board who only wanted to give him a one-year deal, on a wage of £100,000 a week.

A succession of ankle and foot injuries last season curtailed Wilshere to just four starts in his first season with the Hammers and he has made four more starts this season, two in the Premier League and two in the Carabao Cup.

Of those eight starts, Wilshere has been on the winning side just once and that was the second round League Cup tie victory over Newport County back in August.

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Wilshere started the first four games of the Premier League last season and the Hammers lost them all: 4-1 at Liverpool, 2-1 to Bournemouth, 3-1 at former club Arsenal and the 1-0 reverse against Wolves at London Stadium before his first ankle problem struck.

In 2019/20, Wilshere started the 5-0 defeat to Man City and the 1-1 draw with Brighton. The solitary win came against Newport where he was named man of the match, and he was on the receiving end of the 4-0 thumping at the hands of Oxford United last night.

Jack Wilshere battles for the ball with Anthony Forde of Oxford United (Image: Harry Trump/Getty Images)

Wilshere was left out of the matchday squad entirely for the league games against Watford and Norwich earlier this season before returning to the 18 for the next two outings.

Having previously played deeper this season in the absence of Mark Noble, it simply didn't work with the midfielder trying to help out regular defensive midfielder Declan Rice.

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Manuel Lanzini's fine form prior to his foot injury saw Wilshere pushed down the pecking order and against Manchester United last weekend, new signing Pablo Fornals was preferred as the replacement for Lanzini rather than the former Arsenal man.